From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #393 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Thurs, 12 Aug 1999 Vol 06 : Num 393 In this issue: the_dojang: AAU News--Herb Perez Appointed Head Coach Re: the_dojang: old dog - new tricks the_dojang: USTU Web Site the_dojang: Kukkiwon schedule? the_dojang: TKD styles the_dojang: Re: DD 392 titled: "old dog - new tricks" Re: the_dojang: TKD Essays the_dojang: Old Dog - New Tricks the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #392 the_dojang: Nunchaku forms the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~725 members strong! Copyright 1994-99: Ray Terry, California Taekwondo, Martial Arts Resource Replying to this message will NOT unsubscribe you. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe the_dojang-digest" (no quotes) in the body (top line, left justified) of a plain text e-mail addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. To send e-mail to this list use the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and online search the last four years worth of digest issues at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! Ray Terry, PO Box 110841, Campbell, CA 95011 KMA@MartialArtsResource.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DMazor1026@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:09:54 EDT Subject: the_dojang: AAU News--Herb Perez Appointed Head Coach AAU News Herb Perez to Head AAU Coaches Program Mike Friello, National Sport Chair for the AAU Taekwondo Program recently announced that Mr. Herb Perez, the 1992 Olympic Gold medal winner in Taekwondo, has agreed to serve as the National Head Coach for the AAU Taekwondo Program. "Mr. Perez has proven himself an asset to our Program over the past fifteen months serving as our liaison with Century Martial Arts, coordinating and running several dozen training clinics throughout the country, and helping us to develop our first set of Olympic Sparring training tapes. This is just the next logical step in our relationship with Mr. Perez and one which shall serve the AAU Taekwondo athlete to the fullest. Mr. Perez's primary responsibility will to help us choose and develop an AAU Taekwondo Team-both men and women-and to lead this team in to the international competition arena. Both Herb and I are extremely excited about the future of AAU Taekwondo." Mr. Friello went on to thank out going Head Coach, Mr. Robert Decker for his five years of service during which he successfully built the program to its present level. - -Dave visit http://www.aautaekwondo.org ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:23:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: the_dojang: old dog - new tricks > The best advice I ever got in sparring is that you spar with your brain, not > with your body. The kickboxing class is going to help my physical > conditioning, but I need the advice of those with MA experience to know how > to put it together to improve my sparring technique. > > I'm open to any comments or ideas on how to get this old dog up to speed > with new tricks. Not a sparring idea, but one to develop yourself further... Have you tried plyometric training? It is great for developing explosive power and speed. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: Tkdtiger@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:21:55 EDT Subject: the_dojang: USTU Web Site Hi - As you might have noticed we are making changes to the USTU web site, making it a little more member friendly..... We are looking for: Referee Profiles - referees who do national events and are A or B level or IR Articles of interest - coaches, parents, instructors, health issues Pictures IDEAS! we want the web page to reflect the membership as well as provide needed info Member schools get a free link - so contact ladytkd2@aol.com to get that. And as things evolve, we welcome your input. New Web Editor - Debby Webb [deborahwebb@sprintmail.net] from Florida and one other busybody whose name escapes me at the moment. All submissions are subject to approval. We like electronic files for pictures so we don't have to worry about losing anything. Get involved! ------------------------------ From: Jack Boychuk Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:20:54 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Kukkiwon schedule? Does anyone know how to find out what is on the schedule at the Kukkiwon for any particular set of days? I have been to Seoul a number of times, and on a couple of visits I had time to drop by the kukkiwon to have a look at it. One time I was lucky enough to be able to watch a local public school tournament taking place. I am heading back to Korea at the end of this month for a couple of weeks just to vacation, and would like to know if there will be anything going on that would be good to see while I am there. (I will be in Seoul from Sept 1 through Sept 9 in case anyone on the list can help!) Thanks, Jack Boychuk Plano, TX ------------------------------ From: Olivos@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:09:50 EDT Subject: the_dojang: TKD styles I'm a practicioner of Tae kwon do. I understand that there are different styles. Can anyone list all the styles and what makes them distinctive them from the rest of the other styles? ------------------------------ From: "Bradley G. Smith" Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:21:25 -0500 Subject: the_dojang: Re: DD 392 titled: "old dog - new tricks" Dear Ms. Slocum, Bradley Smith here, Just thinking off the top of my head, but something that can be helpful is finding a training partner/mentor who has mastered some of the skills you want to pick up who is in the same weight class and frame size as you. There are some technical application thoughts they can probably share with you that would be harder or impossible for a disparately-framed partner because though they might know the concepts they haven't been there. Of course two people of the same frame size can have totally different fighting styles, but there are likely to be some shared experiences based on your package being the same. Best regards, Bradley Smith ------------------------------ From: Danny Abramovitch Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:30:56 -0700 Subject: Re: the_dojang: TKD Essays > "If it's clean, it is beautiful, and If it's natural, it is perfect" My > instructor wants me to explain the statement, with regards to both everday > life, and tkd training, (mentally and physically). I'm in a cynical mood these days, so take that as a preface. My thoughts on this are that it sounds nice but it is false. I can think of many clean used car salesmen. Furthermore, whenever there is a suspect in court charged with some hienous crime, they always have them cleaned up really nice. So, counterexamples to the first part exist and one cannot make it a global statement. As for the second part, I guess it depends on the what the meaning of the word perfect is. (Cue the Clinton-speak.) However, in life, what is natural is not necessarily benign. Sharks are natural, as are crocodiles, pirannas, hot viruses, high infant mortality, many posions, UV radiation, etc. ("Have that hemlock seasoned beef, dear.") Perhaps something natural is a perfect killer. I guess that is a true statement. However, the implication of the statement (what I read) is that natural=good, and this is false. As for natural being the best thing in TKD training: I don't think so. The first time you started training, you had natural reactions to someone swinging at you. (Duck, cover, run, hide, get hit, etc.) You probably had to do some level of work to overcome those natural tendancies to get to a superior tendancy. I can't imagine that the natural reaction is perfect. I *can* imagine that the most efficient motion is perfect, that is, reducing your TKD moves to the most biomechanically efficient techniques is probably what you should do to approach perfection. However, that is efficient, not natural. I'm guessing using any of this in your essay wouldn't help you on your black belt exam. I think I'll go spread some more sunshine elsewhere. - -- Danny ------------------------------ From: Jason Smith Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:50:18 -0500 (CDT) Subject: the_dojang: Old Dog - New Tricks One of my "favorite" acts that was performed on me when I was dancing around an older opponent and doing some acrobatic kicks was when this particular person would step forward and jam my kicking leg then smack me with a backfist (usually openhanded). This partner was probably about 5 foot five, I'm about 5'10". It taught me pretty quick not to show off my jumping back hook kick. He would also step close enough in to where I couldn't throw any kicks and pop me with a few knees while he held my head. I learned quite a bit from him. Jason Smith 1st Dan Kukkiwon TKD 1st Dan HKD ------------------------------ From: LJSFLEM@aol.com Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:00:48 EDT Subject: the_dojang: Re: The_Dojang-Digest V6 #392 In a message dated 8/12/99 5:17:08 PM !!!First Boot!!!, the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com writes: << From: "Jason Rastovski" Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:15:21 -0600 Subject: the_dojang: TKD Essays Hi All, I noticed that the discussions are getting a little lax, so I thought i = would pose a question for anyone who wishes to answer. It is actually = the same question that I am writing about for the final part of my = blackbelt testing this week. Here it is: "If it's clean, it is beautiful, and If it's natural, it is perfect" My = instructor wants me to explain the statement, with regards to both = everday life, and tkd training, (mentally and physically). =20 Now, don't get me wrong, I am not trying to steal your ideas, I just = thought that, maybe I could get a few brainstorming points. (I already = have the tkd training part done, it's the everday life that I'm having = problems with). Anyways, take care everyone. Jason Rastovski >> Jason, if I understand your everyday life question correctly, I would think the 5 tenents of Black Belt -TKD might work: Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self Control, Indomitable Spirit. I wrote an article on Courtesy for for a school newsletter and probably have a draft of one on integrity. If this might help I will tell you more about it. Lorraine Garfield, NJ USA ------------------------------ From: "Kevin W. Tibbs" Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:49:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: Nunchaku forms Hello All, I realize that traditional teakwondo doesn't include weapons; however, I am interested in finding any forms that include the nunchaku. I've been unable to find any such forms on the web, so do any of you know of any references that contain details of nunchaku forms? Thanks for you time, Kevin W. Tibbs ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:16:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V6 #393 ******************************** Support the USTU by joining today! US Taekwondo Union, 1 Olympic Plaza, Ste 405, Colorado Spgs, CO 80909 719-578-4632 FAX 719-578-4642 ustutkd1@aol.com http://www.ustu.com ===================================================================== To unsubscribe from this digest, the_dojang-digest, send the command: unsubscribe the_dojang-digest -or- unsubscribe the_dojang-digest your.old@address in the BODY of an email (top line, left justified) addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com in pub/the_dojang/digests. All digest files have the suffix '.txt' Copyright 1994-99: Ray Terry, Martial Arts Resource, California Taekwondo Standard disclaimers apply.